Tall Ships at Sunderland ~ July 2018 ~ Part 3

Part 1 HERE. Part 2 HERE Finishing up our day visiting the tall ships, here are a few more random pictures I took on the day. Actually the handstand man was part of a shoreside kind of play where himself and a couple of totties ran around half […]

Tall Ships at Sunderland ~ July 2018 ~ part 2

Part 1 Here Part of the joy in photographing a big event like this, is people watching, and there were plenty of interesting humans for my camera. stay tooned for more ships ahoy!

Frontline – Part 6 – June 2018

These are some more photo’s of re-enactors taking part in WW2 and their vehicles. I loved this next chap, thought he really looked like he’d stepped out of a movie and this lady was spot on with her costume and hair do mustn’t forget the Germans! channelling Clive Owen? […]

Frontline -Part 5-WW2-June 2018

The main event as far as Phil was concerned was the German armour and uniforms, and he was very impressed with the authenticity of both. The re-enactors covered the German, British,American WW2 and included some French resistance people too. Lots of renovated vehicles were also on show, and at the end of the day they […]

Frontline ~ Part 4 ~ June 2018

The Civil War re-enactors really looked the part They looked good in colour too They didn’t. Stay tooned for WW2 next time!

Frontline~ Part 3~ June 2018

As well as the medeival lot, we also found some Tudors (at least I think this chap is) and some (not very convincing) Romans Some of the people who came to see the show also dressed up in style my favourites were this couple I saw walk […]

Frontline~ Part 2~ June 2018

PART 1 HERE On we go with some more pictures of the Vikings, or Northmen if you prefer, some more anglo–saxons I think. (Sometimes it’s hard to tell which are which). For the captions you need to have watched the TV series Vikings, sorry if you haven’t. (Really you haven’t ?? Have you been living […]

Farne Islands~July 2018~Part 3~ The Others

Part 1 HERE. Part 2 HERE As well as Puffins, various other sea birds breed and nest on the Farne Islands. Here are a few of them. Kittiwakes are one of the most abundant birds around the Farne Islands. They make a nest of mud and straw which often has to be rebuilt as they are […]

Farne Islands – July 2018 – part 1

I’ve done a few posts of my trips to the Farne Islands, as regular readers may remember, having visited there in 2015 & 2016. My original ‘history bit’ was pretty sparse (lazy me!) so I’m expanding on that this time around. The History Bit The Farne Islands are a group of islands off the coast […]